The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-28

opening Of the season until the present Enle
and saws he will have them every month in
the year And with our climate there IS no
reason why others should not do the same
The case of Speight VS.. Mize was argued
before Judge Pilsbury, of the Sumter
County Court, Tuesday morning Tins
ease was brought about by the stock OF the
defendant breaking into the field OF the
plaintiff and inju1ng his growing crops.
The cattle were driven To the lot OF The lat.
ter and shut up and payment demanded
for the damage done, but the de
PENDANT had a possessory warrant
issued and drove the cattle back
home without having made the payments
demanded Considerable interest was man
ilestCd in the matter, IS many claimed mat
ii would be a kind OF test cass' and its
decision would tend somewhat 10 govern
any similar case that might arise After
lengthy argument by counsel on each SIDE.
the court rendered It's decision in favor of
the plaintiff. 1t is thought by some that
the case may be taken up to the Superior
Court in October next.
SUNDAY morning on the premises of the
widow Outlaw, a few miles from Wrghts-
vile, mammoth hawk, looking for some
thing to gobhle up, visited Mrs. Outlaws
yard and transported a large two-year-oli
rooster, Seeking jam of the fence not lar
away he anchored and commenced toenJoy
his feast A sm9ll girl discovered the huge
bird and approached to sec what he was dc
vouring and to scare him away. But Mr..
Hawk wouldn't scare worth cent, but, IN
stead, showed fight, which caused the girl
to beat n hasty retreat. There being no
male person on the premises, Joseph f.
Brantley, a near neighhor, was sent for to
bring his gun and dispatch the bird. He
Immediately went over, minus his gun, and
sure enough, found huge hawk compla-
Gently dining on the rooster. Mr.. Brantlcy
armed himself with a quilting frame and
proceeded to annhilato the foul invader.
He raised the quilting frame and brought
it down with great power, but in descending
the weapon struck the fence and snapped IN
two At this the hawk rufled up and made
for Brantley, who retreated a few steps and
struck out again, the bird showed fght to
the last, and his last flop was directed
towards his enemy. The hawk measured
four feet two inch S from tip to tip OF
wings.
Lee Malone lost foot a few days ago by
having it crushed by Il locomotive. Since
January he had been employed as n section
hand on the road between Danes Ferry and
POpcs Station, and on the day Of the acct
dent was sent by the section boss, Capt Us
borne, to flag down a sOuth-bound freight
NJ ABOUT . OtNlth III J!t utiCIilOpu. 1 ltc
train was in two sections, and after the first
section had passed down he sat down on
small trestle to watch for the second one,
when suddenly the north-bound passenger
came uD)n him from the rear. He says
that the road there is very smooth
and the train made but little
noise, and ho being sitting with
his face looking northward for south
bound train, he did not hear it till it was
within a few feet of him, when he made
an effort to get off the track, but could not
do so before the engine struck him. He
says the pilot struck him first and broke his
thigh and threw his left foot under the
wheels, and il was crushed OFF just above
the ankle He was Immediately taken TO
jackson and placed under the care Of DR..
r. G. organs, who, with DR.. Butner, am
putated his left leg about midway between
the knee and ankle joints, and set the
thigh, which WINS a simple fracture. Up to
this time be is doing remarkably WELL with
u good prospect to recover.